The leadership of the Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has asked the incoming president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to make transparency and accountability the
Describing the outgoing administration at the national level as a monumental failure in the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, FOI, which it said has resulted in a “legacy of secrecy after eight years in office”, the group said the Act under the outgoing government was “characterised by blatant violations of the provisions of the FOI Act by the vast majority of public institutions and willful disregard for their obligations under the Law.
It added that good governance cannot be possible without transparency, accountability and citizen participation. The group described as “deeply concerning the fact that the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami , who is responsible for overseeing the FOI Act implementation, did not make any recommendations to the National Assembly on how to improve compliance by MDAs with their FOI Act obligations”, suggesting that he was satisfied with this sorry state of affairs.
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